CupcakKe: "I always try to stay versatile."

CupcakKe: "I'm not going to hold my tongue because society wouldn't want me to say something."

CupcakKe: "I entertain more than just sayin', 'oh that's a female rapper,' or 'oh, that's a rapper,' period.' But, me, I put out music, and when I put it out, I also entertain on Twitter. I entertain on stage. I entertain talking to people."

CupcakKe: "I like to have control over what I'm doing, and that no one else is controlling me."

CupcakKe: "I think everything that played a part in my life growing up is in my music. Being homeless, living in shelters, dealing with over-aged, older men that hit on me... all that is in the music."

CupcakKe: "I have three alter egos."

CupcakKe: "If I get an iTunes check, I take the money out and say, 'OK, with this money I'mma go shoot me this many videos, with this money I'm going to do this amount of studio sessions.'"

CupcakKe: "I just always had a crazy imagination."

CupcakKe: "I don't have kids, but in the future, if I ever do, I would want my child to be happy no matter what: gay, lesbian, bi - whatever. To see a smile on my child's face would be the only thing that would matter and keep my blood pumping."

CupcakKe: "It was this thing I used to do, where I would get on the phone and put my voice in a man's voice like, 'Hey, you're talking to Tom.'"

CupcakKe: "My style is how I feel about the moment."

CupcakKe: "People think that a label is going to get you to the top, and of course they're going to get you to the top. That's what they're good for. They're giving you this money but you have to pay all that back."

CupcakKe: "Equality, equality, equality. I'm all about equality, that's the main thing and the only thing I'm about."

CupcakKe: "I want everything that I've worked for to go into my pocket. I want all my money to come to me. I'm very much hands-on with my career, and I like to do what I want in the studio - I don't like being told, 'do it this way' or 'do it that way.'"

CupcakKe: "I'm an open book. People seem to like people that are very open - accepting, and not rude."

CupcakKe: "There was this guy, he must have been young, who told me on Twitter: 'CupcakKe, I just told my mom I'm gay and I'm getting kicked out.' And it just hit home. I automatically replied, 'If you need a hotel, I'll pay for it. Let me make sure you're OK.'"

CupcakKe: "Around 10 years old I started being into church and being around the church. I started doing poetry - I was doing all clean poetry, totally clean."